Sentences with phrase «women with uncomplicated pregnancies»

In a recent study, she and colleagues compared blood samples from 46 pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia with samples from 47 women with uncomplicated pregnancies.

In the Dutch maternity care system midwives are qualified to provide independent care for women with uncomplicated pregnancies.1 2 They also identify and select the women who, because of existing or anticipated problems, require care from an obstetrician.1 3 Twenty five years ago, women receiving primary care all gave birth at home, but since the 1970s they have been able to choose between home birth and hospital birth under the care of a midwife or general practitioner.

14 In contrast, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the United Kingdom has issued a statement supporting home birth as a viable choice for women with uncomplicated pregnancies.

Back in 2006, The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives said they both «support labouring in water for healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies».

Birthing centers, usually located near a hospital, allow women with uncomplicated pregnancies to deliver there.

Several professional organizations, including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the American College of Nurse — Midwives, support healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies laboring and giving birth in water (5, 6).

Both The American College of Nurse Midwives and The American Association of Birth Centers state that labor and birth in water can be safely offered to women with uncomplicated pregnancies and may be especially useful for women who prefer natural childbirth without pain medications.

Independent practicing midwives provide care to healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies, referred to as «midwife - led care».

Women with uncomplicated pregnancies should also have the right to refuse being monitored to anything that could prevent movement.

Here's the bottom line: I think if a woman with an uncomplicated pregnancy desires an un-medicated birth and is well prepared for that (has a birth plan and labor support, has practiced and has a method for natural labor) and has thought through the IV process and decides against it, I would support that decision.

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But, childbirth advocates say that for women with uncomplicated and low - risk pregnancies, a natural birth can be safe.

In some models, midwives provide continuity of midwifery care to all women from a defined geographical location, acting as lead professional for women whose pregnancy and birth is uncomplicated, and continuing to provide midwifery care to women who experience medical and obstetric complications in partnership with other professionals.

In some countries (e.g. Canada and the Netherlands), the midwifery scope of practice is limited to the care of women experiencing uncomplicated pregnancies, while in other countries (e.g. United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand), midwives provide care to women who experience medical and obstetric complications in collaboration with medical colleagues.

Thus, midwife - led continuity models of care aim to provide care in either community or hospital settings, normally to healthy women with uncomplicated or «low - risk» pregnancies.